Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-12
TOODLEISM.
Washington Ladies in Crowds Visit
Drug Exposition Rooms and Garry
Away Samples Of Medicines.
Pills, Plasters, Ointmants, GargIes and
SaIres for Any and al MgIadics
Taken to their Homes.
They Reason that They nay Feed Th:so
NCstrums, Which Will bs GOod 10
HEye IN the Family.
TOODLBISM.
WOMAN IN IIER NATURAL ROLE.

NASHlNGlON, OtJL. Ii, lG IIC5SGCG
OF the International Medical Congress IN
the city the past week ha5 developed 8
great many queer traits in the female
character Among the attractions OF the
week was an extensive and interesting
exhibition of physicians and surgeons
supplies. Tne large drill hslL Of The
Washington Light Infantry armJry was
turned into an exhibition room and the
principal drug end chemical houses of the
United States avliled themselves Of the
opportunity for Cslling 20 the attention
OF the visiting medical men the merits OF
the particular articles IN which they desl.
Nearly every exhibitor had large supply
OF small samples OF his wares. These
samples &re all for the use CT phdsicians
OF course, But the physicians
are not the only ones who
carry off armsful Of spoils. II
feet one of the heaviest dispensers of the
small sample packages says that not
more than 20 per cent, of the samples go
to the doctors. The exhibition was open
to the public, and every one who desired
to do SO might enter the hall and walk
about among the drugs for an hour or
more. Throughout the week the hall
was filed from morning until night with
a constantly moving crowd. There were
never less than 100 women in the room
ct time, and the Way they went for the
samples was q curious commentary upon
the sex.
Just at the maiu entrance to the er-
m0rY was q stand upon which 6 well
known firm had srraycd en- attractive dis
play Of 4 compound known es "bcVi-
nine" They had several thousand Dot
ties which we're la0eled 'pnY6icians'
samples" The women seemed % nave g
strong fancy for bovinine, and there was
scarety one in FIVE who left the hall
without bottle il her satchel or her
pocket. The professional sample gath
erer made several trips each day. She
took anything that was offered. In ttG
middle Of the hgl was tie display Of
Dig pill manufacturing house. Mrs. Sam
pier headed in mat Director and inQuirtd
about the composition Of one variety.
Before shG nsd LETT she had tast-
ed three diRerect kinds and
she bore e1ay with her
g whole case Of samples. They are of no
earthly use to her, but she must have
them. Tnen she discovered tEsl 1hero
were greet many samples c! different
kinds CT plesterS IL PnC'her part Of the
room. She headed II that direction and
came away with box full Of al sorts.
Over on the south side was huge pyIa-
mid of bottles containing g transparent
| fluid Of remarkable purity. II proved TO
be exhibited bT 9 Cincinnati house, and
Yves new substance called vegetable
glycerine. The young man in charge Of
| the table was from the west, ard was
"fy." He kept ell lis sample bottles
hidden ard only brought che out when
q physician wearing the prescribed
badge took enough interest to
make some inquiries as to tie new pre-
plrstICn. One Old lady whose Srms were
fairly loaded down with spCils, made uT
her mind that she would have bottle Of
glyceriue. she began the assault by say
ing that she never knew before that glyCe
riue could be made out of beets, turnip;
and such. she always supposed that hos
fst Was the only substance from which
the valuahle remedy could be produced
She talked so fast and SO long that shl
finally captured the fly young man aDC
left him with two bottles in her pocket.
Justin the rear Of the glyceTine exhibi
is the vaseline table. Everyone hat
learned that vaseline is g woudertu
preparation OF common petroleum Oil
but very few people have any idea Of tn
wide scope which it is filing in the phar
mseoIWl. II is we'll known That the pro
duct Of petroleum, whicl IS commonr
called vaseline, hes wonderful penetrating
properties. For this reason it is OF grea
value in all forms Of ointment, and it ha
been used in this connection for grea
many years. But it is only within tn
past few weeks that the discovery ne
been made that il can be used in the plac
CT alcohol in extracting the essential Gil
! Of nesrly all plants. In the exhibit tni
week there are number If new com
binatiors OF yaselipe, all Of which hav
attracted the attention Of tne medics
men. Soaps, pomsdes, ointments, col
cream, cosmetics and even candies, tn
base CT which Is this product Of petrc
) leum, have been known for 6 long time
: But not until this exhibition was opene
wss there any genersl knowledge tha
solid extracts OF jasmine, rose:
geraniums and other sweet scenic
: flowers could be found in this form. tn
e EXHIBIT shows, too, that opium, peppe
, mustard, tobacco, ginger and hunGre
; other drugs can be combined Wit
5 vaseline. 1t was the opinion OF msn
physicians expressed in the nall, tn
only the beginning of the uses to whic
Il petroleum may be brought in the DractiC
il CT medicine, has yet been discovered.
: this table the experienced gatherer
samples reaps a rich harvest. There a
:, so many preparations put up in convenie
n n form that theIpersistent woman is enable
, to carry away with her supply OF vslu
Bile toilet preparations which will last
: family long time.
!e But i. is not only the useful article
I ranging from artifcinl baby food
porous plssters, that the sampler CARR
away. Ali is fish that comes to her I
e, and package of colocynth pills is
ne acceptable as sample Of antiseptic CT
D. ton. But it is in the liquids which q
ne "drank on the premises" that she fin
ch the greatest delight. There are a doz
c. tables st which are dispensed as ma
re different fluids. One of the female Wis
is ors to the place on Wednesday dra
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